NATIONAL BK. OF BLOOMINGTON v. Podgorski

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Illinois Farmers Insurance Company (Farmers) appeals from a declaratory judgment of the circuit court of McLean County denying Farmers subrogation rights to obtain reimbursement for payments it had made and would be required to make in the future to defendant Sally Podgorski pursuant to the survivor’s benefits provision of a policy of automobile insurance it had issued to her deceased husband Arthur M. Podgorski.

The suit was brought by plaintiff National Bank of Bloomington, as administrator of the decedent’s estate,…